Sprinkler



L W. GREER Dec. 2, 1930.

SPRINKLER Filed Feb. 18, 1930 r anoento a LW. GREER Patented Dec. 2,1930 UNITED STATES LESLIE w. GREEK, or rnonmx, ARIZONA SPRINKLERApplication filed February 18, 1930. Serial No. 429,887.

This invention relates to a sprinkler or ir rigating device,particularly adapted for use in sprinkling lawns, but capable of use inany relation, such as upon'golf courses, in public parks, and the like.

It is a primary object of the invention to provide a device of verysimple and inexpensivc nature, constructed in such manner as todistribute water in equal volume and density I" to square spaces or intosquare corners.

In the accon'lpanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sprinkler constructed in accordancewith the invention,

Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view therethrough, and 1 Fig. 3 is afragmentary sectional view upon line 33 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawing.

The sprinkler of the present invention comprises a threaded base 5, toadapt it for attachment to any suitable water supply pipe. It is,preferably, provided with an angular shaped portion 6, to which a wrenchor like tool may be applied. The base 5 carries a vertically elongatedhead 7, which is substantially square in horizontal cross section. Thatis to say, its fiat outer faces lie at angles of 90 with respect to eachother. The inter- I!" nal bore 8 of the head 7 is also preferably squarein cross section, and the flow of water therethrough may be increased ordiminished by the proper setting of an adjusting screw 9. Oblique slots1010 are cut through the walls of the head 7, from the internal boretothe opposite outer faces 1111 of the head 7, and oblique slots 12-12 arecut through the wall of the head 7, from the bore 8 thereof, to theopposite outer faces 11"11. It will be seen that by virtue of thisstructure the sprinkler will discharge the water in the form of a wide,flat band from each of the slots, and that there will be a slot facingin all four di- 5 rections, so that the water may be caused to cover asquare plot or to be discharged up into square corners. This result isachieved by making the slots in elongated straight form, and this, inturn, is rendered possible by forming the slots in the plane faces ofthe head. This result could not be secured by a round head, for example.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precisearrangement shown, but that it includes within its purview whateverchanges fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of theappended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A sprinkler of the character described, comprising a part having aninternal bore for the reception of water, and a plurality of flat outerfaces, there being slots formed obliquely through the walls of said partfrom said bore to said flat outer faces, and extending transverselyacross said faces in elongated form.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a verticallyelongated tubular head that is substantially square in horizontal crosssection to present four flat outer faces, there being oblique slotsformed in each of the walls of said head extending from the bore thereofto the outer faces thereof.

3. A structure as recited in claim 2, wherein the slots upon opposedfaces of said headare in substantial alignment with each other.

4. A structure as recited in claim 2, wherein the slots upon opposedfaces of said head are in substantial alignment with each other, but ata different level from the slots upon the other faces of said head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LESLIE W. GREEK.

